US6032573A - Method and apparatus for making cheesecake - Google Patents

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US6032573A
US6032573A US09/122,952 US12295298A US6032573A US 6032573 A US6032573 A US 6032573A US 12295298 A US12295298 A US 12295298A US 6032573 A US6032573 A US 6032573A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
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    • A21—BAKING; EDIBLE DOUGHS
    • A21D—TREATMENT, e.g. PRESERVATION, OF FLOUR OR DOUGH, e.g. BY ADDITION OF MATERIALS; BAKING; BAKERY PRODUCTS; PRESERVATION THEREOF
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    • A21D8/06—Baking processes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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  • the present invention relates generally to a commercial baking apparatus and process for cheesecake and, more particularly, to an automated apparatus and method for producing sterile cheesecake, which is stable and capable of maintaining its sterility for at least six months without preservatives and without refrigeration.
  • Cheesecake is one type of food which has maintained its popularity amongst the baker and consumer alike.
  • Cheesecake is typically made by the home baker by mixing a variety of ingredients including a major portion of milk or milk products to form a batter, placing the batter into a baking container, placing the baking container into an oven, sometimes within a water bath, at a preset temperature for a certain period of time sufficient to bake the cheesecake, removing the cheesecake from the oven, allowing the cheesecake to cool to room temperature in an ambient environment and placing the cheesecake in a cold environment for at least twenty-four hours before serving.
  • Home-baked cheesecake is usually consumed within 24 to 72 hours of the time it is removed from the oven as it cannot be stored for a very long time, even in a cold environment such as the one provided by a refrigerator since many changes occur rather quickly to the palatability and texture of the cheesecake. Such changes may even have serious consequences on the health of those who consume the cheesecake if the time for which the cheesecake has been stored in the refrigerator or the temperature of the refrigerator have been such that they have allowed for bacteria and mold to develop and grow either on or within the body of the cheesecake.
  • an object of the present invention to provide a baking process and method for commercially available cheesecake which results in a product of such purity and lasting characteristics that it may be stored, transported and displayed without refrigeration.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a baking process for commnercially available cheesecake, the cheesecake having a flavor, aroma and taste similar to that of freshly made home-baked cheesecake, without needing preservatives, freezing or refrigeration to maintain its relatively long shelf life.
  • an apparatus and method for producing non-refrigerated, preservative-free cheesecake having extended shelf-life there is provided an apparatus and method for producing non-refrigerated, preservative-free cheesecake having extended shelf-life.
  • Such apparatus includes an oven with means for conveying and baking cheesecake batter in individual cups from one end to the other and a cooling table arranged in line with the oven. As the baked cheesecake batter in the individual cups are discharged from the oven they are transferred via conveying means to the cooling table.
  • the cooling table itself is covered by a hood.
  • the hood is outfitted to introduce sterile air into the hood so as to create a downward laminar sterile air flow, which envelopes the cooling table and the baked cheesecakes that are moving across the surface of the cooling table.
  • cooling table and the hood are spaced from the other end of the oven a distance in which the flow of sterile air from the cooling table and the flow of heated vapor from the oven interact to maintain the baked cheesecake in the individual cups under constant sterile conditions, as it moves from the oven to the cooling table.
  • FIG. 1 is a top plan view of an apparatus by which the preferred method of the present invention may be effected;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a baking cup employed
  • FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 1, showing an alternate embodiment
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view looking from the cooling table into the oven
  • FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the apparatus takes along line 5--5 of FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 6 is an enlarged elevated view partially broken away of the section of the apparatus in the direction of line 6--6 of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 1 the equipment for making non-refrigerated, preservative-free cheesecake, having an extended shelf-life, which has the form of an assembly line, generally designated 10.
  • the assembly line 10 comprises a series of conveyors 14, 16 and 24, which move items through the assembly line 10 in a generally left to right flow.
  • Empty cups 12 which may be plastic or metal foil are dispensed from a cup dispenser onto conveyor 14 in which in turn moves the cups 12 onto infeed conveyor 16 which travels transversely to the assembly line.
  • the cups 12 are dispensed by the cup dispenser automatically at a preprogrammed rate within a defined cycle.
  • the cup dispenser is electrically linked to a control unit 18 located for convenience midway along the assembly line 10.
  • the control unit 18 is encoded with cycle programming data to regulate the timing and rate at which the cups 12 are dispensed from the cup dispenser.
  • the control unit 18 is also electrically linked to other components of the assembly line 10 to control the timing and rate of those components and maintain a defined operating cycle.
  • Empty cups 12 travel on infeed conveyor 16 and are filled with a predetermined amount of batter as they pass beneath the batter hopper 20.
  • An electrical eye which is electrically linked to the control unit 18, is disposed adjacent the hopper 20, and when occluded by an empty cup 12, signals the control unit 18 to in turn signal the hopper 20 to release a given amount of batter into the empty cup 12.
  • the batter constituting conventional cheesecake batter, excluding preservatives, but including milk, flavorings, sugars, etc. is premixed off-line and stored in hopper 20 in close proximity to the infeed conveyor 16. Filled cups 22 travel along the infeed conveyor 16 until such time as a given number of cups are filled.
  • the given number of cups are translated in a file, onto a main conveyor 24, set at right angles to the conveyor 16.
  • the cups can then move through oven 26 simultaneously from left to right.
  • the given number of the filled cups 22 are sensed by a photo eye which is electrically linked to the control unit 18 which in turn causes the translatory movement, while commencing a new cycle for filling empty cups with batter.
  • the filled cups 22 are moved by the main conveyor 24 through the oven 26.
  • Oven 26 is also electrically connected to the control unit 18 and its operating panels are regulated according to preprogrammed baking criteria such as baking time and temperature.
  • the oven 26 can preferably be 12 feet long and preferably 3 feet wide and has a temperature range of 100-700 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • the main or oven conveyor 24 is driven at a controlled speed to move the filled cups 22 through the oven at a rated time to insure sufficient dwell time in the oven to complete baking.
  • the oven heat is applied conventionally.
  • the oven used is not a conventional convection oven.
  • Such an oven can be generally described as a heating chamber with a door that seals to keep the heat within the chamber and a vent that allows excess heat to escape, thereby allowing the chamber to achieve a pre-set temperature.
  • the oven used in the present method can essentially be described as a heating tunnel with an entrance and an exit.
  • the filled cups 22 continuously enter and exit the heating tunnel by being moved by the main conveyor 24 through the entrance of the oven, through the full length of the oven to be finally discharged through the exit of the oven fully baked, perfectly colored, and absolutely sterile.
  • the sterility of the cheesecake is achieved through two factors: (a) the high temperature at which the oven is maintained and the cheesecake is baked; and (b) the positive pressure maintained within the oven.
  • the temperature of the batter in the filled cups 22 immediately prior to being moved into the oven by the main conveyor 24 is approximately 60 degrees Fahrenheit (60° F.), i.e. approximately 16 degrees Celsius (16° C.).
  • the main conveyor 24 moves the filled cups 22 through the hot oven, the cheesecake batter is baked, giving off water in the form of moisture. This moisture is converted to steam, which expands rapidly to fill up the entire oven chamber and ultimately to escape out of both ends of the oven.
  • the cups can be shaped so as to have a peripheral rim 30 (FIG. 2) on their bottom wall, raising the bottom wall itself so that the wall does not fit flat against the surface of the conveyor.
  • the conveyor may be made with an array of small pedestals or the like on which the filled cups 22 rest above the surface of the conveyor.
  • the conveyor may also be made in the form of a chain link so as to avoid a completely solid surface.
  • the cooling table 34 preferably consists of a plurality of freely rotatable rods, closely spaced and parallel to each other so that each cup can rest and move freely over two or more rods simultaneously. The spacing of the rods permits heat and air to flow freely down, about and over the filled cups 22 containing the hot baked cheesecake.
  • the table 34 is covered by a cooling hood 36, preferably U-shaped of at least a foot or more in height, which may preferably be made of clear plastic so that the completed baked product is visible.
  • the sides of the cooling hood extend well below the top surface of table 34.
  • a 0.12 micron HEPA filter 38 is mounted on the top of the oven 26.
  • the HEPA filter is provided with a duct 40 which extends over the hood 36 covering the cooling table 34.
  • the end of the duct 40 extends through the hood 36 into communication with the interior between the hood and the cooling table thereby providing sterile air to the interior of the cooling hood 36.
  • the operation of the HEPA filter controlled by the control unit is caused to continuously feed sterile air to the interior of the cooling hood 36 on the baked goods on the cooling table 34. While on the cooling table 34, the sterile air flowing from HEPA filter 38 is directed onto the baked cups 22. specifically, the cooling hood 36 is maintained under a positive linear air flow of 2 ⁇ 708 cubic feet per minute (c.p.m.).
  • the baked cups 22 on the cooling table 34 are continuously pushed forward by the succeeding baked cups 22 discharged from the oven 26 and pushed through the gap and into the hood. As the cooled cups 22 leave the table 34, they are pushed onto a motor driven turntable 42 spinning in a clockwise direction at a rate controlled by control unit 18.
  • the turntable 42 is provided with guide means spaced above its upper surface to arrange the cups into a single file for transfer onto a single line conveyor 44.
  • single line conveyor 44 advances the filled cups to an infeed device 46 of a foil applicator 48.
  • Infeed device 46 controls the spacing of the filled cups as they are advanced so that the foil applicator 48 may apply a sized piece of foil 50 cut from an endless roll of foil 52 onto the top of the cooled baked cup 22, after which the foil 50 is sealed on the cooled baked cup 22 by a heating device 54.
  • the sealed cups are then moved by the single line conveyor 46 past a vacuum waste removal device 56 which suctions spilled batter, foil and the like from the exterior of the sealed cups.
  • the sealed cup 22 containing the baked cheesecake is then transferred onto an accumulating conveyor 58 to move to a labeling machine 62, which automatically places a label onto the foil of sealed cup 22.
  • the accumulating conveyor 58 moves the sealed cups 22 to a packing station where the sealed cups are manually removed from the conveyor 58 and packaged, a plural number at a time, in a shipping carton and finally placed on platform 64.
  • FIGS. 3-6 An embodiment which has been found to be quite advantageous and helpful in producing cheesecake in a continuous sequence of uninterrupted baking, cooling and sealing is shown in FIGS. 3-6.
  • the HEPA filter 138 is placed on the hood (eliminating the need for a duct) and the cooling hood extends over elements 44-54 of the sealing section so that it is insured that even the small space between the cooling table and the sealing means is within the sterile HEPA atmosphere.
  • the cooling table 34 is mounted on a series of spaced legs 100, allowing air to flow outwardly.
  • the conveyor rollers forming the table are journalled in a horizontal beam 102 mounted on top of the legs.
  • the U-shaped hood itself is mounted on a horizontal beam 104 secured to the top of a second pair of spaced legs 106 also permitting flow of air outwardly to the atmosphere.
  • the legs 106 are shorter than the legs 100 supporting the table so that the cooling hood 36 consequently extends below the table as previously indicated.
  • the laminar cooling air flows downwardly in a series of waves as seen by the dot dash lines and exit as previously described from the cooling section below the cooling table after enveloping and cooling the cups 22.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates the baffle created by the sterile cooling air (arrow A) escaping from the entrance to the cooling hood in opposition to the hot vapor (arrow B) escaping from the exit of the oven.
  • this baffle diverts a) the vapor's flow away from the cooling hood 36 and up into the surrounding processing area; and b) the laminar flow of the sterile air away from the hot oven and down into the surrounding processing area, at a speed sufficient to interact and create a vacuum to prevent any contaminated atmospheric air from entering either the oven or the cooling hood 36, and maintain the baked cheesecakes under constant sterile conditions, as they move from the oven to the hood.
  • the oven is an unconventional convection oven having its heating elements only on its ceiling, radiating the heat downwardly onto the batter in cups 22.
  • a heat sink 108 along each side of the conveyor within the oven.
  • Each heat sink comprises a tubular duct extending the length of the oven and to which is connected an air pump 110 feeding cooled air into the duct.
  • the air is introduced at the exit end of the oven and exits from the duct at the entrance end of the oven. The end closest to the introduction of air is closed while the discharge end is open.
  • the juxta position of the ducts and the ceiling heating elements create a differential so that the temperature at the centre of the oven is approximately 350° F.
  • the apparatus and cups are selected to process 3 oz. of batter in each cup.
  • the quantity of batter and size of cup may be varied, and other quantities and sizes are suitable as well.
  • the operating cycle can be adjusted via programming of the control unit 18 to bake different sizes and types of cheesecake. For example, the temperature of the oven can be increased and the speed of the main conveyor increased, depending on the contents of the batter to be baked.
  • the present process and apparatus insures baking of cheesecake with the highest purity and with an extended, virtually indefinite shelf life.
  • the processing of the baked cheesecake in the hot oven and under the sterile HEPA atmosphere acts to kill bacteria in and on the batter.
  • the present invention comprises an apparatus and method for making cheesecake. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes could be made to the embodiments described above without departing from the broad inventive concept thereof. It is understood, therefore, that this invention is not limited to the particular embodiments disclosed, but is intended to cover modifications within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.

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